The Green Papers: 2007 Off Year Election |
110th Congress (2007-2008) House Seats by State |
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Illinois 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 10 Democratic, 8 Republican, 1 Vacancy | |||||
CD 14 {map} |
Republican | Congressman J. Dennis Hastert First elected: 1986 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Vacant Office - Announced retirement on 17 August 2007 effective at the end of his current term. 18 October update: Congressman Hastert announced he would resign before the end of his current term but did not provide a date. 26 November 2007 update: Congressman J. Dennis Hastert resigned his seat today. Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich has 5 days to announce the date of a Special Election to fill the vacant seat. That day could be 5 February 2008. |
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Indiana 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 4 Democratic, 4 Republican, 1 Vacancy | |||||
CD 7 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Julia M. Carson First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Vacant Office - We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Julia M. Carson who passed away on Saturday 15 December 2007 from lung cancer. She was first elected in 1996. On 2 November 2007 Congressman Carson officially requested a medical leave through 14 December 2007. She announced that she had terminal lung cancer on 25 November 2007 and the following day, announced her retirement. |
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Mississippi 2-year term. Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. | |||||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic, 1 Republican, 1 Vacancy | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Roger F. Wicker First elected: 1994 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Vacant Office - On 31 December 2007, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour chose Congressman Roger Wicker to fill the vacant U.S. Senate Class 1 seat until the 4 November 2008 special election is held. |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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Notes |
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot. FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office. |
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